would you buy a horse with sarcoids ?

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i personaly wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, but friend really wants said horse

its perfect in every other way ;)

the prob is she said why not buy it ,other than buying a vets bill as i "think" sooner or later they will ulcerate and need seeing too, i don't really know that much about them


so am i right in that they will need seeing too eventually ?
the liverpool cream stuff is expensive ?
if they are removed ,they could come back ?
horse will be hard to sell on if she didn't get on with it ?

and the biggy :eek: can they spread horse to horse ie ive heard flies can land on said horse and then pass it on to another (my) horse through a small wound ,unlikely but possible ?

any other info appreciated as i know very little about them ,he has one on his sheath and one next to but not in way of girth
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Having recently had to deal with them, on my old girl before she passed away, then no, I wouldn't.

Buyers are spoilt for choice at the moment, with the state of the market. I'm sure she could find another one to meet her needs, without the sarcoids.
 
If I had a choice I wouldn't. They are a pain wherever they are even worse so when on an area that rubs. A horse I used to ride at a riding school had them between his hind legs so often bled which was horrible to see let alone to him. Also of they are on the head area then can often rub or make tack difficult/impossible.

Where are the sarcoids on this horse?
 
angelish said:
so am i right in that they will need seeing too eventually ?
the liverpool cream stuff is expensive ?
if they are removed ,they could come back ?
horse will be hard to sell on if she didn't get on with it ?

and the biggy :eek: can they spread horse to horse ie ive heard flies can land on said horse and then pass it on to another (my) horse through a small wound ,unlikely but possible ?

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Some change and need seeing to and some stay as they are forever.
Liverpool cream is expensive but very often works so cheap in the long run.
Some do come back after being removed, some dont.
The horse will be harder to sell on but there are people out there (like your friend) who dont mind them and wouldnt have a bias for or against the horse because of them.
There are theories that flies can spread them but not proven. We have a horse with a lot of sarcoids, has been in stables and out infields with many other horses for the past 2.5 years and no other horse has had them appear.
It all really depends on what type and how angry the sarcoid id. If it was just a warty type one, it wouldnt bother me in the slightest.
 
I would if it was a horse that I could not afford in any other way. I know several people who have had great success with herbal remedies.

Interesting enough Fiona on Horsehero talks about solving a particularly horrific one successfully with homeopathic remedies.
 
It really depends on how bad they are and what his history with them is.

I've had two with sarcoids - one only had one flare up, and it had to be removed. She never had any further ones or issues for the next four years we owned her. Hubby's horse threw up sarcoids on his vetting, and we had a bit of a dither. They were more like large soft warts, but the vet said they could flare up in the future. We bought him, and our own vet gave us a recipe for a balm to put on them. It was 50% lemon balm, 50% tea tree oil. She said to try that, and see what happened. They disappeared. He still has the odd little wart come up, but, again, four years on we have had no major issues at all. Even with the ones that were in girth regiions.

If they were enlarged or bleeding, I may worry, but smaller wort type that "may" evolve wouldn't worry me.

From my own experiences, I don't think that flies spread them to other horses, but may inflame them on horses with sarcoids.
 
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Never thought I would, but took a horse on loan with view to buy in Feb with a few flat sarcoids. She has turned out to be perfect in every other way and so decided to buy her. I've looked into this type of sarcoid and had my vet look at her and he thinks they shouldn't cause her any problems. She is only young but I have got her for a very reasonable price and she is such a super mare that I am willing to take the chance. Going to start her on SarcX by global herbs and see if that helps...
 
LEC said:
I would if it was a horse that I could not afford in any other way. I know several people who have had great success with herbal remedies.

Interesting enough Fiona on Horsehero talks about solving a particularly horrific one successfully with homeopathic remedies.
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Yep agree with this, and what would happen to the horse if everyone turns it back on it... I've dealings with sarcoids and had excellent results with homeopathic remedies. The price would have to be right though to take the potential lengthy treatment of them.
 
It depends my last horse had a one just under his belly, no where near the girth or his bis or legs. It was the size of a 10p mostly flat with a small pea sized lump. The previous 2 owners had taken pictures of it over the years, and it hadn't changed so happy with it. All pics were pasted on to new owner who also thought the same as me.

However I went to see one with a few 'warts', they were bloodily massive sarcoids all over her teats, belly button, in between hind legs. There was prob 40-50 small ones and 12 the size of golf balls or bigger.
Spoke to a vet about it and sent him pics even he was shocked at the aressiveness of it.

But she was a lovely thing, would of brought her otherwise.
 
thank you very much everyone,it seems all is not lost then

i haven't seen them so don't really know how bad they are ,i will go with her and have a look at them ,he is a lovely horse and very cheap :)

may be worth getting our vet to have a look and see what she thinks then as my reaction last night was "don't buy it"
 
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